Truex’s Day Gets Cut Short at Talladega After Promising Start

Truex earned valuable playoff points by finishing third in the first stage.

Truex: “Unfortunately we got caught up in a wreck that ended our day early. We got some good stage points in stage one; we finished third and then got caught up in trouble in stage two. So we’ll take this one…this is our first DNF of the year—first non-top 15—so we’ve had a good year so far. We’ll go to Dover, one of my best tracks, and have ourselves a good race.”